September Newsletter
Headlines: A Note From Our Executive Director NFYI Goes to Community Coalition Power Fest Homelessness Action Committee The Biggest Challenge to a Foster Youth’s Education Jimmy Duong is Going Back to School! Final Thoughts A Note From Our Executive Director What a whirlwind start to what always feels to me like the new year! The […]
PSA from Dr. Phil Show
Academic Achievement and What Foster Youth Need to Succeed
How educators can help homeless and foster youth overcome instability
KPCC – September 15, 2016 A team of local educators has won a $10 million grant to start a school serving foster and homeless youth in Los Angeles. Take Two’s Deepa Fernandes spoke with Shari Walker, a former foster youth, to understand more about the obstacles this group faces in the school system. Walker spent […]
Laura Lomeli
Laura Lomeli I entered foster care when I was 14. My mom had abused me physically and verbally and I went through 27 different placements from 14 to 21 years old. I went to about 17 different high schools, and three group homes. I got arrested when I was 14, but I got adopted when […]
George Garcia
My name is George Garcia. When I was ten years old, I was placed into the foster care system with my four siblings. Over the next eight years, I had was separated from my siblings and forced to mature at an accelerated rate, compared to my peers. I had experienced a massive upheaval in a […]